Author: Frances Masters
John and Jim had finished a morning of work and were lining up for lunch in the staff canteen. They both did the same job in a large organisation. They were the same age and roughly the same weight and build. They were also both feeling pretty hungry and looking forward to having something to...
Read MoreThere is no point having a theoretical understanding of the science behind emotional wellbeing without having a practical way of using that understanding to help you in your everyday life. Many people regularly practise meditation for instance, and know why it should be helpful for them, yet still experience difficulties translating that into real life;...
Read MoreIf you want to stick to your New Year’s resolutions this year, you need to get organised. If you were planning a road trip, you wouldn’t think of setting off without having a clear idea of your destination, would you? If you are going in to new territory, you will certainly need a roadmap to...
Read MoreOne of the best ways to keep New Year’s resolutions is to activate both your conscious and your unconscious mind to help you to achieve them. To do this, you have to learn to positively use your imagination. You need to allow yourself to do a bit of daydreaming and visualise yourself achieving your goal....
Read MoreDon’t jinx yourself by setting negative goals or resolutions. If you say to yourself ‘I’m not going to eat a chocolate biscuit every time I drink a cup of tea’, you are setting yourself up for failure because you have created a negative goal. Setting this kind of goal means you must first create a...
Read MoreA few days into 2016 and you may already be beating yourself up for breaking those New year’s Resolutions once again? Perhaps even now, an annoyingly judgemental little voice inside is reproaching you for your obvious lack of commitment and willpower. You told yourself, this year you would eat healthier, cut back on the booze,...
Read MoreHelen was just 19. She presented as a bright and bubbly young woman and was smartly turned out. She looked like a real professional who was going places in her chosen career of accountancy. But, when Helen began to tell me her story, her outer confidence fell away, as one memory after another slipped from...
Read MorePaul came to see me about his anger management problem. It had already lost him one job due to a violent outburst with a co-worker. Now his relationship was in difficulties. ‘I’m angry all the time’ he said. ‘I can’t understand it. I feel like I’m always on edge, like a pressure cooker and it...
Read MoreI went to see ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ recently and was blown away by the visual impact of a story I felt would be almost impossible to transfer from book to stage. But transfer it did, and in a spectacularly imaginative way, which gave real insight into a syndrome I...
Read MoreAre you haunted by your past? Do the ghosts of yesterday hang around, murmuring, moaning and groaning about old wounds and hurts; regrets about the things you did, or the things you didn’t do? Do they prod you with their spiky fork of guilt and shame for good measure? Perhaps it’s something about the end...
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